Ep. 115 • Why Public Speaking is Important & How to Get Better w/ @benmollin
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
A precision haircutter turned founder & CEO of The Ben Mollin Project, Ben is an independent thinker. He has used his experience in TV and hair education to create a mentoring program dedicated to giving stylists the tools they need to live the life they want.
Show Notes:
• His early days as a stylist; getting into a higher end salon and gaining a mentor; buying an existing salon when young and hating it
• Bravo Shear Genius & life after the show
• Education and Being On-stage; being entertaining and making things memorable - how that led to developing The Ben Mollin Project – Teaching stylists public speaking
• Top 3 things to do to become a better public speaker
• Living a minimalistic life: cutting down on the things in life that add stress but you don't need
• His incredible Hair Horror Stories!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I had all these things that I would hold on to. |
| 0:01.4 | I call them golden handcuffs when you're a hairdresser. |
| 0:03.7 | You stick in the area where you make your money. |
| 0:05.9 | People are not afraid of moving. |
| 0:07.0 | They're afraid of fucking getting out of those golden handcuffs. |
| 0:10.3 | Hi, I'm Maddie Conrad. I'm Tabitha Calfi. Hi, I'm Mustafa Auxi. I'm Andrew Does Hair. Hi, my name is Kelly O'Leary, and you are listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:19.8 | Hey, listeners, Eric Taylor here. |
| 0:21.7 | I can't believe that it's December already. to The Hair Game Podcast. Hey listeners, Eric Taylor here. |
| 0:21.7 | I can't believe that it's December already, December 2019. |
| 0:27.2 | Before you know it, the holidays are going to be here. |
| 0:29.3 | The new year will have passed and will be in January 2020. |
| 0:34.4 | Let's get straight to the pod loop giveaway. |
| 0:37.4 | This week is an Amazon Echo Show 8, which is basically an 8-inch screen with a speaker that goes in your kitchen or on your station at the salon and does just about whatever you want. |
| 0:51.3 | Comes in black or white. |
| 0:56.5 | And the winner is. |
| 0:57.3 | Viv. |
| 0:58.5 | Love's Hair. |
| 1:00.9 | Viv, DME at Loverie Taylor or The Hair Game Podcast on Instagram. |
| 1:03.8 | Tell me whether you want black or white Amazon Echo Show 8. |
| 1:08.4 | At the end of the show, |
| 1:09.3 | I'll tell you what we'll give away next week. Now to Ben Mullen. |
| 1:15.1 | Ben Mullen. |
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